Yielding actuating mechanism for skip-hoist chutes



8.. H. BEAUMONT, YIELDING ACTUATING MECHANISM FOR SKIP HOIST CHUTES.

APPLICATION" FKLED MAY 19. 15121.

1,411 1' 333 1,, Patented A r. 4, 19220 units STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RQBERT H. BEAUMONT, 0F RADNOR, PENNSYLVANIA, AEiSIGiNOR TO B. H.BEAUMONT COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, YENNSYLVANIA, A CORPURATION 01fPENNSYL- VANIA.

YIELDING ACTUATING MECHANISM FOR SKIP-H0131 CHUTES.

Application filed May is,

T 0 all 10 1mm it may concern Be it known that 1, ROBERT E. BEAUMONT, acitizen of the United States, residing in Radnor, Delaware County,Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Yielding ActuatingMechanism for Skip The object of my invention is to provide a yieldingmeans through which the chute is moved into position when the bucket islowered to receive a load.

This object I attain in the following manner, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side view of suitici'ent of a. skip hoist to illustrate myinvention; and

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the hooked bar illustrating myimprovement.

1is the frame of a skip hoist. 2 and 3-are rails. 1 is a bucket havingwheels 5.adaptcd to the rails. 6" is a bail attached to the bucket andto the hoisting rope 7. 8 is a chute pivoted at 9 and. when in theposition shown in Fig. 1, is in line with a fixed chute 10 of a hopper11. 12 is a coiiinterwcight for the chute.

hen the bucket is in the position shown in Fig 1, the chute 8 extendsover the bucketso as to allow the material'to flow from the hopperthrough the chute intothe bucket.

.Vlhen the bucket is filled. the upward move ment. of the bucket turnsthe chute on its pivot and the chute acts as agate to prevent thematerial flowing from the hopper.

"in order to move the chute S into position when the bucket is lowered.1 provide a hooked bar 13, which is made in two parts H and 15. The part15 has an eve 16 for a pivot pin 17 on the bucket. The part 14 has ahook 18, which is arranged to project un der the bucket and to heengaged by a flange 19 on the bucket. In order. to allow the hooked barto vield so as to prevent the sudden striking of. the chute 8 againstthe upper end of the bucket. I frictionall v connectthe two parts 14 and15 by bolts 20, which pass Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1922. 1921. Serial t. worse.

through slots 2.1 in the part 14, in the present instance. @n thesebolts are springs 22, which tend to hold the two parts in frictionalcontact. On the part 14% is an angle bracket 233ml the part. 15 is bent,as shown, forming two abutments 24: and 26 is a bolt extending throughboth abutiuents and on each side of the bracket and bearing against theabu'tments are springs 21 and 28.

The operation is follows: hen the bucket is lowered, its flange 19'engages the hook 18 of the bar 13 and pulls the chute from an elevatedposition to a position directly above the upper end of the bucket and inline with the chute 10 of the hopper. 4

Then the bucket engages the hooked bar the action compresses the spring2''? and the springs 22 allow the hooked part 14 of the bar to slide onthe part 15. -.lliis-absorl)stlie shock and permits the chute 8 toassume a position over the bucket with comparatively little jar. Themoment the bucket is raised, then the spring 27 expands and the part 14:slides on the part- 15, assuming the position shown in Fig. 1'. Thespring is a balance spring to keep the hook section 14 in properposition.

By the above construction, it will be seer. that I provide a yieldingconnection between the bucket and the chute so as to obviate the hardblows of the chute against the upper ed e of the bucket.

claim: l. The combination in a skip hoist. of a bucket; a movable chuteadapted to extend skip hoist, of

3. The combination in a skip hoist, of Bf bucket: means for raising andlowering the bucket: a plvotcd chute arranged to extend over thebucketand to load the bucket with material flowing through the chute ahooked bar pivoted to the chute and arranged to be engaged by thebucket; said bar being made in two parts; means for frictional lyholding the partlvtogether; and a spring located bepivoted to the chuteand arranged to be en- 10 tween the two parts and arranged to becomgaged'by the bucket, saidbar being made in pressed when the bucketengages the hook two parts, one part being slotted and the of the bar.other part having; bolts; springs on the bolts 5 4. The combination in askip hoist, of zL frictionally holdln the parts together, one

bucket; means for raising and lowering the part having a bracfetextending between the 15 bucket; epivoted chute adapted to be ectutwoabutments on the other part; and springs ated by the bucket, the chuteextending over between the abutments and the bracket.

the'bucket when the bucket. is lowered; a bar ROBERT H. BEAUMONT.

